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When he was driving home one evening on a country road, he saw an old lady, stranded(抛锚的) on the side of the road. He stopped in front of her car and got out. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. He looked poor and hungry. He knew how she felt. He said’ “I am here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Joe.”

She had a flat tire(轮胎). Joe crawled under the car, changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She could not thank him enough and asked him how much she owed him. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the help they needed, and Joe added, “And think of me.”

She drove off. A few miles down the road the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in. The waitress had a sweet smile, and was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕) The old lady wondered how someone like her who seemed poor could be so kind to a stranger. Then she remembered Joe. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her change from a hundred-dollar bill. But she stepped right out the door.

When the waitress came back, she noticed something written on a napkin(餐巾), “I am helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here ‘s what you do--Do not let the chain of love end with you.”

That night when she got home, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. She and her husband needed money with the baby due (预产期)next month. She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered, “Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Joe.”

1.When Joe stopped to help the lady, she _______.

A. became excited B. refused his offer

C. was afraid to be hurt D. thanked him

2.Why did the lady leave the restaurant without getting her change?

A. She forgot it.

B. She wanted to give the waitress some help.

C. She would get it later.

D. She wanted to help Joe.

3.We can learn from the text that____________.

A. Joe’s boss fired him.

B. Joe’s wife was the waitress.

C. Joe worked as a driver.

D. Joe had an unhappy marriage.

4.By telling the story, the writer tries to show that_______.

A. helping others made oneself happy.

B. a happy family depends on a happy marriage

C. poverty is not a threat to a happy marriage.

D. kindness can be spread

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Our love of music and appreciation of musical harmony (和声) is learnt and not based on natural ability, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has found. The researchers said previous theories about how we appreciate music were based on the physical functions of sound, the ear itself and a born ability to hear harmony.

The study shows that musical harmony can be learnt, and it is a matter of training the brain to hear the sounds. So if you thought that the music of some foreign culture (or Jazz) sounded like the crying of cats, it’s simply because you haven’t learnt to listen by their rules.

The researchers used 66 volunteers with a range of (一系列的) musical training and tested their ability to hear combinations (组合) of notes (音符) to determine if they found the combinations familiar or pleasing. They found that people needed to be familiar with combinations of notes. If they couldn’t recognize the notes, they found the notes dissonant. This finding put an end to centuries of theories claiming (声称) that physical functions of the ear determine what we find attractive.

The study found that trained musicians were much more sensitive (敏感的) to unpleasant notes than non-musicians. When they couldn’t find the note, the musicians reported that the sounds were unpleasant, while non-musicians were much less sensitive. This shows the importance of training or nurturing (培养) the brain to like particular sound of combinations of notes, like those found in jazz or rock.

Depending on their training, a strange chord (和弦) sound was pleasant to some musicians, but very unpleasant to others. This showed us that even the ability to hear a musical note is learnt.

To confirm (证实) this finding, they trained 19 non-musicians to find the notes of a random (随机的) selection of western chords. Not only did the participants’ ability to hear notes improve rapidly; the chords they had learnt sounded more pleasant—regardless of (不论) how the chords were played.

The question of why some combinations of musical notes are heard as pleasant or unpleasant has long been debated. “ We have shown in this study that for music, beauty is in the brain of the beholder(观看者),” a researcher said.

1.According to the passage, why do people sometimes find foreign music quite unpleasant?

A. Because they don’t like the person playing the music.

B. Because they have no talent for music at all.

C. Because they have no idea about how to listen.

D. Because they hear music too often.

2.The underlined word “dissonant” in Paragraph 3 probably means ___________.

A. informal B. unpleasant

C. inspiring D. unfamiliar

3.Although non-musicians were less sensitive to music, they can still _______.

A. find the beauty of chords without training

B. enjoy the beauty of music when played by musicians

C. be trained to like particular music

D. make friends with real musicians

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Improve Your Brain By Listening to Music

B. You Can Be a Musician Without Being Trained

C. Music Can’t be Taught

D. Love of Music Is Not Natural But Nurture

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I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair, dark eyes, and lovely _________ her shiny pink nightgown ( 睡裙) .I wanted to say, “Maya, you’re so _________!

Turn around and model that pretty gown for me. You’re beautiful!” But I didn’t.

“Maya,” I said, _________ into her eyes, “it’s very nice to meet you.”

“ Nice to meet you, too.” She said, in that _________ , talking-to-adults, good girl voice.

“Hey, what are you reading?” I asked. Her eyes got bigger, and the practiced, polite facial _________ gave way to real excitement over this _________ . But she seemed too _________ to answer me.

“I love books,” I said. “Do you?”

Most _________ do.

“Yes,” she said. “And I can _________ them all by myself now!”

“Wow, _________ !” I said. And it is, for a five-year-old.

“What’s your favourite book?” I asked.

“I’ll go and get it! Can I read it to you?”

Purplicious was Maya’s _________ , and a new one to me, as she sat next to me and _________ read aloud every word. Then I told her that I’d just _________ a book, and that I hoped she’d write one, too, one day. She was crazy _________ that idea. We were both sad when Maya had to go to bed, _________ I told her next time to choose another book and we’d read it.

Try this the next time you meet a little girl. She may be _________ and unsure at first, because few people ask her about her _________ , but be patient and stick with it. Ask her what she’s reading. What does she like and dislike, and why? You’re just _________ an intelligent (明智的) conversation that respects her brain. Tell her about your _________ and accomplishments, and your favourite books. Set a good example for her of what a _________ woman says and does.

1.A. on B. in C. at D. with

2.A. clever B. honest C. cute D. brave

3.A. turning B. getting C. looking D. putting

4.A. strange B. polite C. different D. frequent

5.A. expression B. attention C. devotion D. decision

6.A. outline B. title C. topic D. headline

7.A. shy B. difficult C. confident D. easy-going

8.A. books B. adults C. women D. children

9.A. recognize B. study C. read D. understand

10.A. amazing B. amusing C. frightening D. pleasing

11.A. friend B. dislike C. pick D. question

12.A. surprisingly B. sadly C. entirely D. proudly

13.A. bought B. written C. sold D. started

14.A. over B. for C. about D. to

15.A. but B. though C. since D. because

16.A. worried B. surprised C. exhausted D. uninterested

17.A. mood B. face C. mind D. head

18.A. producing B. accepting C. educating D. escaping

19.A. events B. disadvantages C. ideas D. sufferings

20.A. speaking B. thinking C. confusing D. living

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1.She has one of the most _________(才华横溢的) minds in the country.

2.Scientists have made a major_______(突破) in the treatment of cancer.

3.Please help me to _______(计算) out my income tax.

4.They made use of ______(先进的) technology to send up a man-made satellites.

5.The stamp ______(附着) to the envelope is unique.

6.The surgeon _______(诊断) his illness as a rare bone disease.

7.During the most productive time in her _____(生涯), she wrote five novels.

8.Please tell me what happened in ______(简洁);I don’t go into the details.

9.Our main task now is increasing _____(产量)。

10.________(农业) plays an important part in our daily life.

11.The public should be ______(教育) in how to use energy more efficiently.

12.There was a woman lying _____(昏迷不醒的) on the floor.

13.Although we were busy, we accepted the _______(邀请) to the wedding.

14.She got into a ______(恐慌) when she couldn’t find the keys.

15.I hope our holiday will be ____(延长)

16.We asked for _______(平等)

17.He won a round of _______(掌声) when he ended his speech.

18.Some historians think the dreams of ancient peoples led to the development of _______(宗教)

19.I seem to have ________(使参与) myself in something I don’t understand.

20.The old man knows how to _____(交流) with dogs.

21.If it is ____(方便的) to you, I will call on you after work.

22.Because of the heavy traffic, I had to get to my ______(目的地) two hours before the lecture time.

23.Have you found a ______(解决方法) to your trouble?

24.Not many people agree with the government’s ________(预言) that he economy will be improved.

25.After some argument, Ruth was ________(最终) won over to our side.

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It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's _________heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was _________ him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, _________ several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch (沟渠) filled with water.

Luckily, both the mother and son were _________ seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but _________. As water came through broken windows in the car, he _________unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the _________window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the _________ to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to _________her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon _________ .

His mother later recalled her experience of the _________ . Being unable to move or even _________ to offer instructions or encouragement to her son, she was _________ by her little son's action. She recalled _________ her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”

It seemed _________ that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favorite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that _________ , when everyone else had _________ hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had _________ and took action. Obviously this book had left a _________impression before the accident that rainy _________ and motivated (激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.

1.A. snowing B. smoking C. blowing D. raining

2.A. ordering B. driving C. pushing D. flying

3.A. rolled B. fell C. moved D. stopped

4.A. making B. watching C. wearing D. missing

5.A. afraid B. dead C. tired D. unhurt

6.A. quickly B. carefully C. nearly D. happily

7.A. student B. passenger C. family D. worker

8.A. box B. room C. car D. ditch

9.A. respect B. introduce C. recognize D. free

10.A. accepted B. rescued C. welcome D. fed

11.A. accident B. experiment C. travel D. fire

12.A. listen B. sleep C. speak D. look

13.A. excited B. frightened C. wounded D. amazed

14.A. seeing B. hearing C. smelling D. feeling

15.A. clear B. sorry C. useful D. necessary

16.A. poem B. notice C. story D. dream

17.A. realized B. waken C. kept up D. given up

18.A. courage B. food C. space D. time

19.A. bad B. deep C. false D. general

20.A. afternoon B. night C. morning D. evening

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